N.Y. Alco. Bev. Cont. Law § 10

§ 10. State liquor authority. There shall continue to be in the\nexecutive department an alcoholic beverage control division, the head of\nwhich shall be the state liquor authority whose members shall consist of\na chairman and two commissioners, all of whom shall be citizens and\nresidents of the state. The terms "state alcoholic beverage control\nboard", "state board", "liquor authority", or "authority", wherever\noccurring in any of the provisions of this chapter or of any other law,\nor in any official books, records, instruments, rules or papers, shall\nhereafter mean and refer to the state liquor authority provided for in\nthis section.\n